Columnist for Fortune, also a Dilbertesque business author, novelist, and Executive Vice President of CBS. He kept his authorship identity a secret for fear he would be fired; once he revealed it however, he received a quick promotion.

Author of books:Crazy Bosses: Spotting Them, Serving Them, Surviving Them (1992)Lloyd: What Happened (1998, novel)What Would Machiavelli Do? The Ends Justify The Meanness (2000)Throwing the Elephant: Zen and the Art of Managing Up (2002)You Look Nice Today (2003, novel)The Big Bing: Black Holes of Time Management, Gaseous Executive Bodies, Exploding Careers, and Other Theories on the Origins of the Business Universe (2003)Sun Tzu Was a Sissy (2004)100 Bullshit Jobs...And How to Get Them (2006)